#CallForAbstracts

Exploring technologies through imaginary worlds: At the intersection of science fiction & technology assessment.

@TATuP Special topic in issue 35/2 (2026)

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Submit your abstract by 18.7.2025

This TATuP Special topic will collect research articles discussing the use of #sciencefiction (SF) in #technologyassessment (TA) and the intersection between them – including methods, analyses, and use cases.

More:
https://tatup.de/index.php/tatup/announcement/view/65

#sciencefictionstudies

Gary Westfahl, l'un des spécialistes les plus renommés des #sciencefictionstudies, ecrit qu'il est temps d'annuler ou deplacer les Conventions Mondiales de Science-fiction qui ont lieu [en Amérique du Nord - non, corrigé] aux USA

"The time has come to cancel or move the 2025 Seattle Worldcon.
And to cancel or move the 2026 Los Angeles Worldcon."

https://file770.com/no-more-worldcons-in-the-united-states/

#CallForPapers: The #Solarpunk Conference 2025: Collective Care, Collective Power: Call for Conference Presentations

#CFP #SFF #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #OnlineConference #OnlineEvent

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/09/the-solarpunk-conference-2025-collective-care-collective-power-call-for-conference

I am very happy to share that my essay "‘Lifting Old Curses’: The mirror dance of The Flowers of Vashnoi and The Mountains of Mourning" has been published in Short But Concentrated #2: a second essay symposium on the works of #LoisMcMasterBujold, edited by the brilliant @UnaMcCormack.

The ebook version is free for download here:
https://unamccormack.co.uk/?books=short-but-concentrated-2

#ScienceFiction #SFF #VorkosiganSaga #ScienceFictionStudies #Books #Bookstodon

#CallForPapers: “I canna’ change the laws of physics”: Depictions of #Science in #PopularCulture

#PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) is back with a free virtual symposium exploring science in popular culture. To be held online on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of October 2024.

#CFP #OnlineEvent #OnlineConference #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #StarTrek

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/10/04/%E2%80%9Ci-canna%E2%80%99-change-the-laws-of-physics%E2%80%9D-depictions-of-science-in-popular-culture

New discounts for new paperbacks! 🖖🪐

To celebrate the fact that my co-edited anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away are now available in paperback, Vernon Press is offering a limited-time 30% discount on both books. Use this coupon code at checkout from Vernon's site: WSSN30.

https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #BookSale

Now in paperback!!! 🖖🪐

I'm delighted to share that both of my co-edited academic anthologies with Vernon Press are now available in hardback, ebook, and (new!) paperback format: STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER and STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.

https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #Academics

#CallForPapers: #Apocalyptic #Ageing: Representations of #OldAge at the End of the World (as we know it) in #Literature and #PopularCulture

#PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction #Aging #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #CFP #SFF

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/28/apocalyptic-ageing-representations-of-old-age-at-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

#CallForPapers: #ScienceFiction at the End of #History

“Some people think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven't run out of history quite yet.”
- Captain Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

#CFP #OnlineConference #OnlineEvent #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCulture #PopularCultureStudies

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/12/science-fiction-at-the-end-of-history-conference